For the start, I’ve linked in to IntenseDebate (call it my love for Automattic who owns both IntenseDebate and WordPress where this blog is hosted). But still undecided since I like those the systems and their features!

So you may have totally radical ideas about these two systems. Would like to hear from you more on this one! So please suggest which one is more conversation friendly? Since you’re the better judge, so would leave the judgment to you folks!

Intense Debate's having an ironic affect on my blog: it's stifling discussion. The reason is, my readers hate logging in/registering for anything (I guess that's the type of reader I attract). But when they click on the comments link, the first thing they see is an ID "login to reply" button. They can post without logging in, of course, but the button makes them think otherwise. I've asked ID support if there's some way to disable that, but nobody's responded. A few more hours of no comments and I'm just going to have to disable ID.http://www.candorville.com

But seriously, I hope the OpenComments Group can put up some sort of standard so competing services like Disqus and IntenseDebate can sync at least profile and comment-tracking wise.

This way, an ID user can use his/her ID account to leave and track comments in a Disqus-enabled blog and vice versa.

For us techies, it isn't a problem at all – we all love to have accounts everywhere 😉 Like now, I have this ID account before Automattic acquired them 😉 But I'm full support for Disqus. (Not to mention, almost all blogs I visit use Disqus.)

I've been looking at both but going with Disqus. I need something that can intergrate with Joomla easily as well as WP. Disqus has a plugin for Joomla (admitedly a bit quirky at times) but ED doesn't appear to have this at all. I may be wrong I suppose.

I've been looking at both but going with Disqus. I need something that can intergrate with Joomla easily as well as WP. Disqus has a plugin for Joomla (admitedly a bit quirky at times) but ED doesn't appear to have this at all. I may be wrong I suppose.